Reflections

Two disciples are eager to see if the story of the open tomb of Jesus is true. They discover the grave cloths inside and then return to where they were staying.It is puzzling that, while we are told that one disciples 'saw and believed', we also learn that they did not understand that Jesus would rise from the dead. I think that I would expect a similar eagerness to discover what had happened - to discover the risen Jesus and 'put some flesh' on the experience of an empty tomb.Elsewhere the question is asked of those seeking the body of Jesus '​He is not here. Why do you look for the living among the dead?'The questions that these incidents leave with me are:Are we as eager to discover where Jesus is alive today as we are to believe in the empty tomb?How do we relate faith in an amazing historic event to faith in Jesus who lives today?